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Cabinet Falls Out of Favour in the Netherlands
Real estate news By Angus Reid Global Monitor
October 01, 2007
Less than a third of Dutch adults are satisfied with the country’s current political administration, according to a poll by TNS Nipo released by RTL. Only 27 per cent of respondents have confidence in the cabinet, down five points since June.
Dutch voters renewed the Second Chamber in November 2006. The governing Christian-Democratic Appeal (CDA) of minister president Jan Peter Balkenende secured 41 seats. In February, a coalition encompassing the CDA, the Labour Party (PvdA) of Wouter Bos, and the Christian Union (CU) of Andre Rouvouet was assembled.
On Sept. 27, PvdA members threatened to resign from the cabinet if social affairs minister Piet Hein Donner of the CDA enacts new labour legislation that would cap monetary compensation for workers who are laid off. According to different reports, PvdA members are concerned about upsetting their base, because many party supporters have already expressed dissatisfaction over a series of concessions that have been made to the coalition government.
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